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Name	Benjamin Josman Fink
Born	21 April, 1847 Guernsey, Channel Islands
Died	17 September, 1909 (aged 62) London, Middlesex, England
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Fink, Theodore (brother) Fink, Esme Mary Sorrett (niece) Baillieu, William Lawrence (acquaintance)
Occupation or Descriptor *	department store owner (1874-1892) Victoria, Australia banker (1880-1892) Victoria, Australia land speculator (1880-1892) Victoria, Australia property developer (1880-1892) Victoria, Australia Member of Lower House (1883-1889) Victoria, Australia goldmine owner (1885-1892) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate